形容词赋于语言生命和色彩，说话写文章时，或是为表达自己的看法，或是为描述客观事物，少不了要用形容词，有时甚至连用若干个形容词，用到两个以上形容词时，就会出现排列顺序问题。通常形容词的排列顺序有以下几条原则。　　

1. 形容词可为两大类：表达主观看法的形容词和客观描写性的形容词。如：good/bad/nice/beautiful/lovely/horrible等属前者，而big/red/round/plastic/English等属于后者。这两类形容词连用时，表明主观看法或意见的形容词在前，客观描写性形容词在后。　　

She lives in a nice big house.　

We entered a cozy sunny room.　　

On the shelf is an ugly blue vase.　　

He is a naughty little boy.　　

The girl is wearing a beautiful pink dress.　　

She is a hardworking intelligent young woman.　　

2. 描写性形容词连用时，通常按下列顺序排列：　　

size age shape color nationality material　　

一般说来很少会同时用到上述六个方面的形容词。但只要是有两个以上的形容词连用，都会按照这个顺序排列。　　

We made friends with some young American girls.　　

She has large blue eyes.　　

There was a huge round wooden table in the room.　　

The woman was carrying a small black plastic handbag.　　

They drove in a new red American car.　　

She put it in a small square wooden box.　　

3. 比较级和最高级形容词需放在其它形容词之前。　　

This is the best American film I’ve ever seen.　　

Do you have any better English novels that I can borrow?　　

That’s the oldest folk song I’ve heard.　　

She is one of the greatest pop singers of our time.　　

Computers are one of the most fantastic scientific achievements.　　

4. 同时用形容词和名词作修饰语时，形容词修饰语应放在名词修饰语之前。　　

They sat in an old leather armchair.　　

They visited a Hollywood film studio.　　

He works in a large factory.　　

The boys found a square metal box in the old concert building .　　

She brought me a very nice birthday present.　　

5. 用形容词作表语时，在两个形容词之间需加连词and/but/either…or/neither…nor等。有两个以上的形容词时，最后两个形容词需加连词联结，其余的形容词之间需加逗号分开。　　

The weather was cold and dry.　　

The old man was weary and disheartened.　　

The man is neither hardworking nor intelligent.　　

The house is warm, bright, but dirty.　　

They began to feel cold , hungry and exhausted.